Automated public phone control for charge and collect billing

Details Automated public phone control for charge and collect billing Automated public phone control for charge and collect billing

1989-04-20

1990-06-19

Schreyer, Stafford D.

Telephonic communications

With usage measurement

Call traffic recording by computer or control processor

379199, 379201, 379114, 379145, 379144, 379155, H04M 342, H04M 317

Patent

active

049359568

ABSTRACT:
The charge and collect-call functions of a public telephone are arranged automatically by a microcomputer system preferably connected on customer premises between the phone terminal instrument and the local loop, wherein control of said instrument, network signaling and call placement voice prompting of the call parties, recognition of responses from the parties and the network, call detail records of numbers and timings, and data communications with other computers are accomplished by the microcompter system without requiring human operator assistance or the transmission of calls over excessive distances to reach such an operator.

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